Christina Zarcadoolas
Professor, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College
Dr. Christina Zarcadoolas is a sociolinguist and internationally recognized expert in health literacy and public understanding of health and science. Her research focuses on analyzing and closing the gaps between expert knowledge and public understanding. Her critically acclaimed book, Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action, (co-authored with Andrew Pleasant, PhD., and Dr. David S. Greer, Jossey-Bass/Wiley 2006) was reviewed by New England Journal of Medicine referred, which called it "required reading" for public health professionals responsible for developing new tools for communicating with patients and the general public.
Dr. Zarcadoolas recently joined the City University of New York’s (CUNY) School of Public Health at Hunter to launch a Health Literacy initiative. Prior to this, she was an Associate Professor in the Preventive Medicine Dept. at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and had a long tenure as a faculty member of Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies.
Dr. Zarcadoolas’ work is presently focused in three areas of research and teaching: chronic disease management, health informatics, and communicating complex emergencies. She is currently working on a new book entitled, “The Simplicity Complex” which explores the limits of simplification in a complex world.
CUNY School of Public Health
at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue Rm. 547
New York, NY 10035
212-396-7745
czarcado@hunter.cuny.edu
Professor, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College
Dr. Christina Zarcadoolas is a sociolinguist and internationally recognized expert in health literacy and public understanding of health and science. Her research focuses on analyzing and closing the gaps between expert knowledge and public understanding. Her critically acclaimed book, Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action, (co-authored with Andrew Pleasant, PhD., and Dr. David S. Greer, Jossey-Bass/Wiley 2006) was reviewed by New England Journal of Medicine referred, which called it "required reading" for public health professionals responsible for developing new tools for communicating with patients and the general public.
Dr. Zarcadoolas recently joined the City University of New York’s (CUNY) School of Public Health at Hunter to launch a Health Literacy initiative. Prior to this, she was an Associate Professor in the Preventive Medicine Dept. at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and had a long tenure as a faculty member of Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies.
Dr. Zarcadoolas’ work is presently focused in three areas of research and teaching: chronic disease management, health informatics, and communicating complex emergencies. She is currently working on a new book entitled, “The Simplicity Complex” which explores the limits of simplification in a complex world.
CUNY School of Public Health
at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue Rm. 547
New York, NY 10035
212-396-7745
czarcado@hunter.cuny.edu
